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Ping Zheng

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
16386
World Ranking
4345
National Ranking
826

Ping Zheng publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ping Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 252 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ping Zheng D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ping Zheng sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ping Zheng is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science with a focus on pollution, water science, and environmental engineering. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields including pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, water science and technology, environmental engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist's work often centers on key areas such as wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, membrane separation technologies, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, microbial community ecology and physiology, water treatment and disinfection, and anaerobic digestion and biogas production.

Several frequent coauthors collaborate with Ping Zheng, indicating ongoing research partnerships. These coauthors include:

  • Dongdong Xu
  • Wenda Chen
  • Chao Pan
  • Da Kang
  • Baolan Hu

Ping Zheng's publications commonly appear in a range of scientific journals, with recurrent contributions to the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Research
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Bioresource Technology

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Ping Zheng include:

  • "Coupled anaerobic methane oxidation and reductive arsenic mobilization in wetland soils" (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Resistance genes and extracellular proteins relieve antibiotic stress on the anammox process" (2021), published in Water Research
  • "Dominance of comammox Nitrospira in soil nitrification" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Prenatal and postnatal exposure to emerging and legacy per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances: Levels and transfer in maternal serum, cord serum, and breast milk" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Deciphering correlation between chromaticity and activity of anammox sludge" (2020), published in Water Research

Best Publications

  • Performance of high-loaded ANAMMOX UASB reactors containing granular sludge

    Chong-Jian Tang;Ping Zheng;Cai-Hua Wang;Qaisar Mahmood

  • Evidence for nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation as a previously overlooked microbial methane sink in wetlands.

    Baolan Hu;Lidong Shen;Xu Lian;Qun Zhu

  • Effect of air pollution on the total bacteria and pathogenic bacteria in different sizes of particulate matter.

    Huan Liu;Xu Zhang;Hao Zhang;Xiangwu Yao

  • Identification and quantification of anammox bacteria in eight nitrogen removal reactors.

    Bao-lan Hu;Ping Zheng;Chong-jian Tang;Jian-wei Chen

  • Start-up and inhibition analysis of the Anammox process seeded with anaerobic granular sludge.

    Chong-jian Tang;Ping Zheng;Qaisar Mahmood;Jian-wei Chen

  • Enhanced nitrogen removal from pharmaceutical wastewater using SBA-ANAMMOX process

    Chong-Jian Tang;Ping Zheng;Ting-Ting Chen;Ji-Qiang Zhang

  • Floatation and control of granular sludge in a high-rate anammox reactor.

    Jianwei Chen;Qixing Ji;Ping Zheng;Tingting Chen

  • Anoxic Sulfide Biooxidation Using Nitrite as Electron Acceptor

    Qaisar Mahmood;Ping Zheng;Jing Cai;Donglei Wu

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) in different natural ecosystems.

    Bao‑lan Hu;Li‑dong Shen;Xiang‑yang Xu;Ping Zheng

  • Microbial and Physicochemical Characteristics of Compact Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Granules in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor

    Bing-Jie Ni;Bao-Lan Hu;Fang Fang;Wen-Ming Xie

  • Bioreduction of Chromate in a Methane-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor.

    Chun Yu Lai;Liang Zhong;Yin Zhang;Jia Xian Chen

  • Coupled anaerobic methane oxidation and reductive arsenic mobilization in wetland soils

    Ling-Dong Shi;Ting Guo;Pan-Long Lv;Zi-Fan Niu

  • Selenate and Nitrate Bioreductions Using Methane as the Electron Donor in a Membrane Biofilm Reactor

    Chun Yu Lai;Li Lian Wen;Ling Dong Shi;Kan Kan Zhao

  • Resistance genes and extracellular proteins relieve antibiotic stress on the anammox process.

    Nian-Si Fan;Jin-Jin Fu;Dong-Qi Huang;Yuan-Long Ma

  • Evidence for the Cooccurrence of Nitrite-Dependent Anaerobic Ammonium and Methane Oxidation Processes in a Flooded Paddy Field

    Li-dong Shen;Shuai Liu;Qian Huang;Xu Lian

  • pH levels drive bacterial community structure in sediments of the Qiantang River as determined by 454 pyrosequencing

    Shuai Liu;Hongxing Ren;Lidong Shen;Liping Lou

  • Denitrifying Anaerobic Methane Oxidation: A Previously Overlooked Methane Sink in Intertidal Zone

    Jiaqi Wang;Chaoyang Cai;Yufen Li;Miaolian Hua

  • New Anaerobic, Ammonium-Oxidizing Community Enriched from Peat Soil

    Bao-lan Hu;Bao-lan Hu;Darci Rush;Erwin van der Biezen;Ping Zheng

  • Dominance of comammox Nitrospira in soil nitrification.

    Jiajie Hu;Yuxiang Zhao;Xiangwu Yao;Jiaqi Wang

  • Performance comparison of two anammox reactors: SBR and UBF

    Ren-Cun Jin;Ren-Cun Jin;Ping Zheng;An-Hui Hu;Qaisar Mahmood

  • The short- and long-term effects of environmental conditions on anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to nitrite reduction

    Zhanfei He;Sha Geng;Lidong Shen;Liping Lou

  • Distribution and diversity of nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane-oxidising bacteria in the sediments of the Qiantang River.

    Li-dong Shen;Shuai Liu;Qun Zhu;Xiao-yu Li

  • Effect of self-alkalization on nitrite accumulation in a high-rate denitrification system: Performance, microflora and enzymatic activities

    Wei Li;Xiao-Yu Shan;Zhi-Yao Wang;Xiao-Yu Lin

  • A novel denitrifying methanotroph of the NC10 phylum and its microcolony.

    Zhanfei He;Chaoyang Cai;Jiaqi Wang;Xinhua Xu

  • Improvement in post-treatment of digested swine wastewater

    Liangwei Deng;Ping Zheng;Ziai Chen;Qaisar Mahmood

Frequent Co-Authors

Baolan Hu
Baolan Hu Zhejiang University
Qaisar Mahmood
Qaisar Mahmood University of Bahrain
Liping Lou
Liping Lou Zhejiang University
Tang Chongjian
Tang Chongjian Central South University
He-Ping Zhao
He-Ping Zhao Zhejiang University
Xinhua Xu
Xinhua Xu Zhejiang University
Ren-Cun Jin
Ren-Cun Jin Hangzhou Normal University
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Bruce E. Rittmann
Bruce E. Rittmann Arizona State University
Weiping Liu
Weiping Liu Zhejiang University

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